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E_G_
4 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Not enough space to add a shared folder, but there should be enough space
Hi.
I wanted to add a shared folder, but received a message telling me I don't have enough free space to do so.
This surprised me because the folder has a size of 2 GB and I have 2 GB of free sp...
Mark
Super User II
Hi Cptquirk
Sadly you cannot do that - shared folders use up the space of everybody within the share. So if the folder is, for example, 3gb in size they need at least 3gb of free space within their account to access it.
Cptquirk
3 years agoNew member | Level 2
I have the problem solved.
The users I had invited into My Dropbox were not using the access link. They opened their Dropbox account and then tried to access the shared files. Once I realized that, I told them to use the link I provided, without opening their Dropbox. Problem solved and all can access the working files. Thank you Mark for trying to help.
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